AVARICIOUSNESS Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word avariciousness. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for AVARICIOUSNESS
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| covetousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • an envious eagerness to possess something • extreme greed for material wealth • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | ||||||||
| cupidity | nounn | |||||||
noun • extreme greed for material wealth | ||||||||
| acquisitiveness | nounn | |||||||
noun • strong desire to acquire and possess | ||||||||
| avidity | nounn | |||||||
noun • a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something | ||||||||
| avidness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something | ||||||||
| gluttony | nounn | |||||||
noun • habitual eating to excess • eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) | ||||||||
| greed | nounn | |||||||
noun • excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | ||||||||
| materialism | nounn | |||||||
noun • a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters • (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality | ||||||||
| meanness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being deliberately mean • extreme stinginess | ||||||||
| possessiveness | nounn | |||||||
noun • excessive desire to possess or dominate | ||||||||
| rapaciousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • extreme gluttony • an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts) • (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | ||||||||
| rapacity | nounn | |||||||
noun • extreme gluttony • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) • (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | ||||||||
| voracity | nounn | |||||||
noun • excessive desire to eat • extreme gluttony | ||||||||
| graspingness | ||||||||
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| insatiability | nounn | |||||||
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| avarice | nounn | |||||||
noun • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) • extreme greed for material wealth | ||||||||
